"rise of the hippie movement, drug use, and communal lifestyle. Real drugs were used in scenes showing the use of marijuana and other substances. ""Easy Rider"" was released by Columbia Pictures on July 14, 1969, grossing $60 million worldwide from a filming budget of no more than $400,000. Critics have praised the performances, directing, writing, soundtrack, visuals, and atmosphere. The film was added to the Library of Congress National Film Registry in 1998. Wyatt (Peter Fonda) and Billy (Dennis Hopper) are freewheeling motorcyclists. After smuggling cocaine from Mexico to Los Angeles, they sell their haul and receive a large sum."
"""Easy Rider"" (1969), which he and co-star Peter Fonda wrote with Terry Southern. The film earned Hopper a Cannes Film Festival Award for ""Best First Work"" and a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay (shared with Fonda and Southern). Journalist Ann Hornaday wrote: ""With its portrait of counterculture heroes raising their middle fingers to the uptight middle-class hypocrisies, ""Easy Rider"" became the cinematic symbol of the 1960s, a celluloid anthem to freedom, macho bravado and anti-establishment rebellion"". Film critic Matthew Hays wrote ""no other persona better signifies the lost idealism of the 1960s than that of Dennis"
"on the American Film Institute's list of 100 Years, 100 Movies. In 1998, ""Easy Rider"" was added to the United States National Film Registry, having been deemed ""culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant."" ""Easy Rider"" was the third highest-grossing film of 1969, with worldwide gross $60 million, including $41.7 million domestically in the US. Along with ""Bonnie and Clyde"" and ""The Graduate"", ""Easy Rider"" helped kick-start the New Hollywood era during the late 1960s and 1970s. The major studios realized that money could be made from low-budget films made by avant-garde directors. Heavily influenced by the French New Wave, the films"
"Bert Schneider Berton ""Bert"" Jerome Schneider (May 5, 1933December 12, 2011) was an American film and television producer. He was responsible for several topical films of the late 1960s and early 1970s, including the road film ""Easy Rider"" (1969), directed by Dennis Hopper. Schneider was born to a wealthy Jewish family in New York City and raised in New Rochelle, New York. His father was Abraham Schneider who succeeded Harry Cohn as the president of Columbia Pictures. He was the middle of two brothers, the younger Harold and the elder Stanley. The Schneider tended toward the rebellious politics of the"
"launched the biker movie genre, and established Fonda as a movie name. Fonda next played the male lead in Corman's popular film ""The Trip"" (1967), a take on the experience and ""consequences"" of consuming LSD which was written by Jack Nicholson. Fonda then travelled to France to appear in the portmanteau horror movie ""Spirits of the Dead"" (1968). His segment co-starred Fonda's sister Jane and was directed by her then-husband Roger Vadim. In 1968, Fonda produced, co-wrote and starred in ""Easy Rider"", directed by Dennis Hopper, which was Fonda's breakthrough role, and a critical and commercial success. ""Easy Rider"" is"
"he became well acquainted with Wayne. In both of the films with Wayne, Hopper's character is killed in the presence of Wayne's character, to whom he utters his dying words. Hopper had a supporting role as the bet-taker, ""Babalugats"", in ""Cool Hand Luke"" (1967). In 1968, Hopper teamed with Peter Fonda, Terry Southern and Jack Nicholson to make ""Easy Rider"", which premiered in July 1969. With the release of ""True Grit"" a month earlier, Hopper had starring roles in two major box office films that summer. Hopper won wide acclaim as the director for his improvisational methods and innovative editing"
"which included music by The Byrds, Jimi Hendrix, and Steppenwolf. ""Easy Rider"" caused a sensation when it was screened in Cannes and it went on to become the fourth highest-grossing American film of 1969, taking $19 million, and receiving two Academy Award nominations. Although it brought Hopper and Fonda great financial and artistic rewards and helped to open up the Hollywood 'system' for young independent producers, little of the profit was shared with Southern, and the true extent of his contributions was repeatedly downplayed by the other principals. Southern's next major screenplay was ""The End of the Road"", adapted from"
"important of all exploitation movies premiered at the Cannes Film Festival. Much of ""Easy Rider""'s significance owes to the fact that it was produced for a respectable, if still modest, budget and released by a major studio. The project was first taken by one of its cocreators, Peter Fonda, to American International. Fonda had become AIP's top star in the Corman–directed ""The Wild Angels"" (1966), a biker movie, and ""The Trip"", as in LSD. The idea Fonda pitched would combine those two proven themes. AIP was intrigued but balked at giving his collaborator, Dennis Hopper—who had appeared in ""The Trip"""
"based his character Terry Valentine in the crime film ""The Limey"" (1999) partly on Schneider, according to Fonda's interview on the film's DVD. Bert Schneider Berton ""Bert"" Jerome Schneider (May 5, 1933December 12, 2011) was an American film and television producer. He was responsible for several topical films of the late 1960s and early 1970s, including the road film ""Easy Rider"" (1969), directed by Dennis Hopper. Schneider was born to a wealthy Jewish family in New York City and raised in New Rochelle, New York. His father was Abraham Schneider who succeeded Harry Cohn as the president of Columbia Pictures."
"vacuum cleaner and turning into specks of dandruff in Victor Mature's head. The film ends with the Monkees being loaded into a truck and driven out of the Columbia Studio gates. The film was a financial failure and the popularity of the Monkees was already in decline, but it later became a cult classic. Raybert's next project, ""Easy Rider"", directed by Dennis Hopper, premiered at the 1969 Cannes Film Festival and was released in July 1969, quickly becoming a cultural phenomenon. The film's success gave Raybert enough funds and clout to pursue more ambitious projects. Rafelson and Schneider soon added"
"Dennis Hopper filmography Dennis Hopper (May 17, 1936May 29, 2010) was an American actor, director, writer, film editor, photographer and artist. He made his first television appearance in 1955, and appeared in two films featuring James Dean, ""Rebel Without a Cause"" (1955) and ""Giant"" (1956). Over the next ten years, Hopper appeared frequently on television in guest roles, and by the end of the 1960s had played supporting roles in several films. He directed and starred in ""Easy Rider"" (1969), winning an award at the Cannes Film Festival and was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Writing (Original Screenplay)"
"film ""Easy Rider"", which was released in July 1969. ""The Weight"" played while the protagonists, hippie motorcyclists, enjoyed a ride through Monument Valley. The version on the soundtrack album is performed by Smith due to a failure to negotiate the rights to the original song. On August 17, 1969, The Band performed ""The Weight"" as the tenth song in their set at Woodstock. The Woodstock arrangement was more elaborate than the comparatively elemental and spare studio recording. Notably, it retained Robertson's simple folk guitar introduction, but Helm's slow studio performance drum bangs were replaced by a short drum roll that"
"2012, three days after his 80th birthday, from lung cancer. Luke Askew Francis Luke Askew (March 26, 1932 – March 29, 2012) was an American actor best known for his role in the 1969 film ""Easy Rider"". He appeared in many westerns, and had a rare lead role in the spaghetti Western ""Night of the Serpent"" (""La notte dei serpenti""; 1969). Askew was born in Macon, Georgia to Milton Dillard Askew (1904-1976) and Dorothy Doolittle (1910-1969). Askew attended the University of Georgia, Mercer University, and Walter F. Jay School of Law. Askew served in the United States Air Force during"
"Luke Askew Francis Luke Askew (March 26, 1932 – March 29, 2012) was an American actor best known for his role in the 1969 film ""Easy Rider"". He appeared in many westerns, and had a rare lead role in the spaghetti Western ""Night of the Serpent"" (""La notte dei serpenti""; 1969). Askew was born in Macon, Georgia to Milton Dillard Askew (1904-1976) and Dorothy Doolittle (1910-1969). Askew attended the University of Georgia, Mercer University, and Walter F. Jay School of Law. Askew served in the United States Air Force during his college years in intelligence. He made his film debut"
"of the era premiered at the Cannes Film Festival. Much of ""Easy Rider""s significance owes to the fact that it was produced for a respectable, if still modest, budget and released by a major studio. The project was first taken by one of its cocreators, Peter Fonda, to American International. Fonda had become AIP's top star in the Corman-directed ""The Wild Angels"" (1966), a biker movie, and ""The Trip"", as in taking LSD. The idea Fonda pitched would combine those two proven themes. AIP was intrigued but balked at giving his collaborator, Dennis Hopper, also a studio alumnus, free directorial"
"Peter Fonda and Dennis Hopper in ""Easy Rider"" (1969). Anders appeared in Robert Altman's ""That Cold Day in the Park"", which premiered in 1969 at the Cannes Film Festival. Anders' friend Jack Nicholson was being feted at the festival for ""Easy Rider"" and he made a point of attending a screening and created a media sensation for Altman's work. Nicholson worked with Anders in several of his films, including ""The Trip"" (1967), ""The Last Detail"" (1973), ""The Missouri Breaks"" (1976), ""Goin' South"" (1978), and ""The Two Jakes"" (1990). Her other film credits include roles in ""When the Legends Die"" (1972),"
"with foreclosures and unemployment. The American Dream, and the sometimes dark response to it, has been a long-standing theme in American film. Many counterculture films of the 1960s and 1970s ridiculed the traditional quest for the American Dream. For example, ""Easy Rider"" (1969), directed by Dennis Hopper, shows the characters making a pilgrimage in search of ""the true America"" in terms of the hippie movement, drug use, and communal lifestyles. Scholars have explored the American Dream theme in the careers of numerous political leaders, including Henry Kissinger, Hillary Clinton, Benjamin Franklin, and Abraham Lincoln. The theme has been used for"
"Easy Rider (soundtrack) Easy Rider is the soundtrack to the cult classic 1969 film ""Easy Rider"". The songs that make up the soundtrack were carefully selected to form a ""musical commentary"" within the film. The album of the soundtrack was released by ABC-Dunhill Records in August 1969 (catalog no. DSX 50063). It peaked at #6 on the Billboard album charts in September of that year, and was certified gold in January 1970. The songs on the soundtrack album are sequenced in the same order as they appear in the film, with the following differences: Distribution of the album transferred from"
"flowered as it did."" László Kovács (cinematographer) László Kovács A.S.C. (; 14 May 1933 – 22 July 2007) was a Hungarian cinematographer who was influential in the development of American New Wave films in the 1970s, collaborating with directors like Peter Bogdanovich, Richard Rush, Dennis Hopper, Norman Jewison, and Martin Scorsese. Most famous for his award-winning work on ""Easy Rider"" (1969) and ""Five Easy Pieces"" (1970), Kovács was the recipient of numerous awards, including three Lifetime Achievement Awards. He was an active member of the American Society of Cinematographers and was member of the organization's board of directors. Born in"
"Kingdom. Senior editor for ""Rolling Stone"" magazine, David Fricke, has described the song as perfectly capturing the social mood of late 1969 and highlighting ""the weary blues and dashed expectations of a decade's worth of social insurrection."" The star and script writer of ""Easy Rider"", Peter Fonda, had initially intended to use Bob Dylan's song ""It's Alright, Ma (I'm Only Bleeding)"" in the film, but after failing to license the track, Fonda asked Roger McGuinn of the Byrds to record a cover version of the song instead. Fonda also wanted Dylan to write the film's theme song, but Dylan declined,"
"would eventually share the writing credit with Hopper and Fonda, but there has been dispute over their various contributions to the screenplay. Hopper and Fonda later tried to downplay Southern's input, claiming that many sections of the film (such as the graveyard scene and the Mardis Gras sequence) had been improvised, whereas others involved in the production (including Southern himself) have asserted that most of these scenes were fully scripted and primarily written by him. Although the basic concept for the film was Fonda's, the title ""Easy Rider"" was provided by Southern (it is an American slang term for a"
"Ballad of Easy Rider ""Ballad of Easy Rider"" is a song written by Roger McGuinn, with input from Bob Dylan (although Dylan is not credited as a co-writer), for the 1969 film, ""Easy Rider"". The song was initially released in August 1969 on the ""Easy Rider"" soundtrack album as a Roger McGuinn solo performance. It was later issued in an alternate version as a single by McGuinn's band the Byrds on October 1, 1969. The Byrds' single reached number 65 on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100 and was issued in most international territories, although it was not released in the United"
"1969 at the Woodstock Festival, New York, characterized in part by the film ""Easy Rider"" (1969). Unconventional or psychedelic dress; political activism; public protests; campus uprisings; pacifist then loud, defiant music; drugs; communitarian experiments, and sexual liberation were hallmarks of the sixties counterculture—most of whose members were young, white and middle-class. In the United States, the movement divided the population. To some Americans, these attributes reflected American ideals of free speech, equality, world peace, and the pursuit of happiness; to others, they reflected a self-indulgent, pointlessly rebellious, unpatriotic, and destructive assault on the country's traditional moral order. Authorities banned the"
"Easy Rider: The Ride Back Easy Rider: The Ride Back is a 2012 drama film and a prequel to the 1969 film ""Easy Rider"". Although none of the cast or production team of the original film were involved in its production, the director Dustin Rikert did secure the legal rights to the name. The film focuses on the history of Wyatt Williams' family and takes an unusually conservative point of view compared to the countercultural tone of the original. On Rotten Tomatoes, ""Easy Rider: The Ride Back"" has an audience rating of 27%, based on 123 reviews, with an average"
"László Kovács (cinematographer) László Kovács A.S.C. (; 14 May 1933 – 22 July 2007) was a Hungarian cinematographer who was influential in the development of American New Wave films in the 1970s, collaborating with directors like Peter Bogdanovich, Richard Rush, Dennis Hopper, Norman Jewison, and Martin Scorsese. Most famous for his award-winning work on ""Easy Rider"" (1969) and ""Five Easy Pieces"" (1970), Kovács was the recipient of numerous awards, including three Lifetime Achievement Awards. He was an active member of the American Society of Cinematographers and was member of the organization's board of directors. Born in Cece, Hungary to Juliana"
"Star"" and British singer-songwriter Kathryn Williams covered ""Ballad of Easy Rider"" on her 2004 album, ""Relations"". Ballad of Easy Rider ""Ballad of Easy Rider"" is a song written by Roger McGuinn, with input from Bob Dylan (although Dylan is not credited as a co-writer), for the 1969 film, ""Easy Rider"". The song was initially released in August 1969 on the ""Easy Rider"" soundtrack album as a Roger McGuinn solo performance. It was later issued in an alternate version as a single by McGuinn's band the Byrds on October 1, 1969. The Byrds' single reached number 65 on the ""Billboard"" Hot"
"Easy Living (1949 film) Easy Living is a 1949 American drama film directed by Jacques Tourneur, starring Victor Mature, Lizabeth Scott and Lucille Ball. The film features the real-life Los Angeles Rams football team. Star professional quarterback Pete Wilson (Victor Mature) thinks nothing of his future after football, not even after longtime teammate Bill ""Holly"" Holloran (Gordon Jones) is released by the team. Pete gets advance after advance on his salary from Anne (Lucille Ball), the secretary of team owner and coach Lenahan (Lloyd Nolan). One day, however, he goes secretly to see a doctor (Jim Backus) about various symptoms"
"Easy Wheels Easy Wheels is a motion picture film written by Ivan Raimi and his brother Sam Raimi, and directed by David O'Malley. It was produced between ""Evil Dead II"" and ""Darkman"", and released in 1989. The story is a satire of the Outlaw biker film genre. It follows two biker gangs, one male and one female. The male biker gang are the ""Born Losers"". They are good guys with three missions in life: Find the evil, Destroy the evil, and find a really great lite beer. Their leader, played by Paul LeMat, has visions because of a steel plate"
"died after losing consciousness and falling on July 2, 2016. He was 79. Clifford Vaughs Clifford A. 'Soney' Vaughs (April 16, 1937 – July 2, 2016) was an American civil rights activist, filmmaker, and motorcycle builder. Vaughs designed the two chopper motorcycles used for the 1969 film 'Easy Rider', while an Associate Producer on the film. He also produced and directed the documentary 'What Will the Harvest Be?' (1965) and 'Not So Easy' (1972). Vaughs was born in Boston, Massachusetts, on April 16, 1937, as the only child of an unmarried mother. He was educated at the Boston Latin School,"
"hit in 1969. Based on the success of ""Easy Rider,"" Universal launched a project to give five young film makers $1 million each, and give them free rein to create a movie with little to no intervention from the studio (as had been done on ""Easy Rider""). Given this freedom, Hopper spent much of 1970 in Peru, bringing many of his actor and musician friends to Peru—including singer Kris Kristofferson and director Samuel Fuller—and shooting the film under the working title ""Chinchero"". With hours and hours of footage, Hopper holed up in his home editing studio in Taos, New Mexico,"
"'Billy' choppers for the film. Two 'hero' choppers were built, and two stunt doubles for the ending scenes of the movie; while the stunt Captain America was destroyed in filming the final scene of the movie, the remaining three motorcycles were apparently stolen, and never recovered. First-time director Dennis Hopper consumed the limited budget for 'Easy Rider' very quickly, and Columbia pictures invested in the movie to finish it. At this juncture, Cliff Vaughs, and most other crew members, were fired, and a new crew hired. As part of a legal settlement for leaving as Associate Producer, Vaughs' contribution to"
"the first completely independent film of New Hollywood. ""Easy Rider"" debuted at Cannes and garnered the ""First Film Award"" () after which it received two Oscar nominations, one for best original screenplay and one for Corman-alum Jack Nicholson's breakthrough performance in the supporting role of George Hanson, an alcoholic lawyer for the American Civil Liberties Union. Following on the heels of ""Easy Rider"" shortly afterwards was the revived United Artists' ""Midnight Cowboy"" (also 1969), which, like ""Easy Rider"", took numerous cues from Ken Anger and his influences in the French New Wave. It became the first and only X rated"
"nor am I an angry person. I said, 'I believe I can show you some passion and emotion for this character.' "" Gould said ""it's an almost classical part, a fantastic character."" Rush had made several movies with Jack Nicholson and offered him a role but the actor had to decline when deluged with offers post-""Easy Rider"". ""I guess I've lost my standing with him,"" said Nicholson of the director. Candice Bergen was cast in July 1969. Harrison Ford had been under contract to Columbia, which had expired. However he was brought back to the studio for a role in"